Deferon.com - Brain cancer sufferers usually requires surgery to remove the tumor. The rest of the tumor tissue treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of both.
After handling, brain cancer could re-emerge. When this occurs, the procedure done next is to extend life as long as possible and deal with the symptoms.
Primary Brain Cancer Against Handling
Some treatments for primary brain cancer (brain) are:Surgery
The goal of surgery is to lift as much as possible in the brain tumors without damaging surrounding tissue. To look at the brain tumor and in it, a portion of the skull to be opened. This is known as the kraniotomi process. After that, a specialist brain surgery can raise tumornya.In addition to the surgery, the doctor will probably run photodynamic therapy. In this therapy, light-sensitive drugs incorporated into blood vessels and absorbed the remaining cancer cells. When the laser beam is directed at cancer cells, these drugs will be active and kills the cancer cells.
To reduce the risk so that the tumor did not return, after surgical removal of the primary tumor, the tumor will be treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, or can be combined both.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is done to tackle the tumor is deep in the brain and it's hard to be appointed without damaging other nerve tissue. Chemotherapy is a treatment used to kill cancer cells and can be given in the form of tablets, injections, or implants. Two drugs of chemotherapy drugs used in the handling of brain tumor stage height is:- Carmustine Implant. This implant will dissolve and release carmustine to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells. Some side effects of Carmustine implant is brain edema (increased levels of brain fluid), infections in the brain, seizures.
- Temozolamide. The drug is given to sufferers of malignant glioma to slow growing tumors after initial treatment or if the tumor to reappear. A side effect of temozolomide include headache, constipation, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting.
Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
The same as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and radiosurgery is also done to deal with tumors that are deep in the brain and it's hard to be appointed. In the process of radiotherapy, high-energy radiation dose concentrated on tumors to stop the cancer cells so they don't continue to multiply.While in radiosurgery, radiation used has a lower intensity and radiation is given over a few times. Function of radiosurgery is concentrated radiation dose with a high level of energy on the tumor to kill him.
The difference, on radiotherapy radiation rays exist at a higher intensity, based on the small area of the brain, and is given only for one session (not multiple times).
Handling Against Secondary Brain Cancer
Understanding of secondary tumor is a tumor that has spread to other parts of the body and they would have as a condition of serious tumors. In this condition, the treatment is continued only to extend and control the tumor. Treatments can be done:- Painkillers, to relieve a headache.
- Anti nausea drug, could help relieve the symptoms of nausea caused by increased pressure within the framework of the head.
- Corticosteroids, medications to reduce swelling and pressure on the brain.
- Anticonvulsants drugs, which prevent epileptic seizures.
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Palliative care can be an alternative if the sufferer does not want to undergo cancer treatment. This treatment is aimed at controlling symptoms due to cancer and make the sufferer feel more comfortable.
If you choose to palliative care, only sufferers will have side effects from the treatments without removing the tumor. Consult your doctor so that the sufferer understand what would happen if choose not to be treated.